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Conflict resolution and mediation skills help people in disputes find common ground while working toward a mutually beneficial solution together. The Other Chair is a podcast dedicated to helping you, the listener, learn how bringing human issues to the table can help resolve conflict in your personal and professional life. From professional mediators to human resource professionals and those who get the call from friends and family in need, there is something for everyone looking to bring understanding to conflict-driven conversations.
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![Prescribing Mediation in Healthcare with Doctors Paul Natterson and Jeff Stuart](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11086401/IG_TEMPLATE_65_6oikn_300x300.png)
5 days ago
5 days ago
In this episode of the other chair, Doctors Paul Natterson and Jeff Stuart join us to discuss the need for new approaches to addressing conflict within the healthcare system in American and how the understanding-based approach and other models are helping them pave the way in an industry where conflict resolution is rarely considered or utilized.
Paul and Jeff are physician leaders and executives with formal conflict resolution training, advocating an institutional framework for collaborative problem solving techniques including mediation, to positively affect dispute outcomes, preserve relationships, and create a more transparent and supportive culture in healthcare settings.
![Embracing Liberation with Compassion with Guest Niyonu Spann](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11086401/IG_TEMPLATE_58__s9y6k7_300x300.png)
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Embracing Liberation with Compassion with Guest Niyonu Spann
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
In this episode of the other chair, Niyonu Spann, founder of Beyond Diversity 101, a workshop that exposes, stimulates, and transforms the dynamics of diversity at the root level, discusses her experience working to advance diversity and liberation as a trainer and facilitator, along with practical advice for how you can be mindful of this work in your practice.
![Owning Your Path as a Conflict Professional with Guest Catherine Conner](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11086401/IG_TEMPLATE_ncr57a_300x300.jpg)
Thursday May 09, 2024
Owning Your Path as a Conflict Professional with Guest Catherine Conner
Thursday May 09, 2024
Thursday May 09, 2024
This episode of The Other Chair explores how mediators, especially career practitioners, continue to learn, grow, and refine their skills after becoming established in the field and bringing together people in conflict for many years.
Guest Catherine Conner, director and trainer at the Center for Understanding in Conflict, reflects on 20 years in the field of alternative dispute resolution and steps listeners can take to stay sharp as a conflict resolution practitioner.
![Empowering Divorce through Understanding with Guest Gary J. Friedman](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11086401/IG_TEMPLATE_37__nwfubz_300x300.png)
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Empowering Divorce through Understanding with Guest Gary J. Friedman
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Gary Friedman, author, mediator, and co-founder of the Center for Understanding in Conflict, joins The Other Chair to talk about the nuance of understanding-based matrimonial or divorce mediation and the human challenges faced by the mediator and parties that may be unique to other forms of conflict.
![Walking into the Heart of Conflict with Guest Caitlin Meredith](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11086401/IG_TEMPLATE_34__y8tjbg_300x300.png)
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Walking into the Heart of Conflict with Guest Caitlin Meredith
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
From working in war zones to teaching incarcerated persons, Caitlin Meredith has spent more time than most extreme in close proximity to those experiencing extreme conflicts. From these beginnings came a desire to learn how to understand others and herself better while gaining the tools to empower others to find a way through.
On this episode of The Other Chair, learn about Caitlin's journey from learner and practitioner to teacher and advocate for bringing together people in conflict through empathy and understanding.
![Navigating Workplace Mediation with Guests at Intel, Roche, and SAP](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11086401/IG_TEMPLATE_25__gdzzuk_300x300.png)
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Navigating Workplace Mediation with Guests at Intel, Roche, and SAP
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Join Catherine Conner on the Other Chair for a stimulating and informative roundtable discussion featuring industry leader insights from three of the world's most advanced technology firms: Intel, Roche, and SAP.
Panelists discuss how the Understanding-Based Approach to Conflict has helped address human resource challenges while increasing Return on Investment (ROI) in people management systems through mediation programs that mediators can implement in small firms, non-profits, large corporations or other organizations.
![Bringing Understanding into the Classroom with Guest Ivan Alter](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11086401/IG_TEMPLATE_7__qr7yiu_300x300.png)
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Bringing Understanding into the Classroom with Guest Ivan Alter
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Embarking on the journey from program participant to teacher can be challenging, with many rewards along the way for the instructor and the students who will be learning to bring together parties in conflict.
Ivan Alter, attorney, mediator, and trainer for the Center for Understanding in Conflict, joins the Other Chair to discuss his experience becoming a teacher and his first time bringing the understanding-based model into a law school classroom.
![Looking Back, Forging Ahead with Guest Gary J. Friedman](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog11086401/IG_TEMPLATE_1__nrgzdv_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Looking Back, Forging Ahead with Guest Gary J. Friedman
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Gary Friedman, author, mediator, and co-founder of the Center for Understanding in Conflict, joins The Other Chair to talk about his impressions of how the field of conflict resolution and mediation has changed and the evolution of the understanding-based model and the nonprofit he founded to advance awareness and education of conflict resolution practice to bring together people in conflict in communities across the country and globally since 1982.